Subduction is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent... 67 KB (8,274 words) - 03:13, 28 February 2024 |
Convergent boundary (section Subduction zones) plate eventually slides beneath the other, a process known as subduction. The subduction zone can be defined by a plane where many earthquakes occur, called... 20 KB (2,381 words) - 04:32, 18 March 2024 |
Oblique subduction is a form of subduction (i.e. a tectonic process involving the convergence of two plates where the denser plate descends into Earth's... 49 KB (4,431 words) - 07:47, 8 March 2024 |
Volcanic arc (redirect from Subduction arc) plate. The magma ascends to form an arc of volcanoes parallel to the subduction zone. Volcanic arcs are distinct from volcanic chains formed over hotspots... 19 KB (2,425 words) - 03:58, 8 March 2024 |
Orogeny (section Subduction) convergent margins of continents. The convergence may take the form of subduction (where a continent rides forcefully over an oceanic plate to form a noncollisional... 38 KB (4,255 words) - 23:40, 9 January 2024 |
The subduction tectonics of the Philippines is the control of geology over the Philippine archipelago. The Philippine region is seismically active and... 34 KB (3,947 words) - 06:09, 27 January 2024 |
List of tectonic plate interactions (redirect from List of subduction zones) collision boundaries. Subduction zones occur where an oceanic plate meets a continental plate and is pushed underneath it. Subduction zones are marked by... 9 KB (1,108 words) - 03:16, 28 February 2024 |
own kind of crust. Along convergent plate boundaries, the process of subduction carries the edge of one plate down under the other plate and into the... 112 KB (13,615 words) - 00:01, 6 February 2024 |
extremely large thrust fault, typically formed at the plate interface along a subduction zone, such as the Sunda megathrust. However, the term is also occasionally... 18 KB (1,902 words) - 15:49, 15 March 2024 |
Japan Trench (redirect from Japan Trench subduction zone) American Plate). The subduction process causes bending of the down going plate, creating a deep trench. Continuing movement on the subduction zone associated... 19 KB (2,411 words) - 17:31, 25 March 2024 |
The Andes are the result of tectonic plate processes, caused by the subduction of oceanic crust beneath the South American Plate as the Nazca Plate and... 59 KB (6,858 words) - 20:19, 20 March 2024 |
an area of approximately 160,000 km2. Over several million years, the subduction of the Rivera and Cocos plates beneath the North American Plate along... 21 KB (2,260 words) - 21:21, 23 March 2024 |
Oceanic trench (category Subduction) Antilles subduction zone. Also not a trench is the New Caledonia trough, which is an extensional sedimentary basin related to the Tonga-Kermadec subduction zone... 48 KB (5,150 words) - 22:54, 11 February 2024 |
A subduction zone is a region of the Earth's crust where one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate; oceanic crust gets recycled back into the... 19 KB (2,315 words) - 22:30, 2 March 2024 |
explosive eruptions at subduction zone (convergent-boundary) volcanoes have posed the greatest hazard to civilizations. Subduction-zone stratovolcanoes... 19 KB (2,347 words) - 09:35, 11 March 2024 |
Proterozoic (section Subduction processes) period of increasing crustal recycling, suggesting subduction. Evidence for this increased subduction activity comes from the abundance of old granites... 21 KB (2,091 words) - 12:55, 5 February 2024 |
The Vanuatu subduction zone (previously called New Hebrides subduction zone) is currently one of the most active subduction zones on earth, producing... 27 KB (2,102 words) - 14:31, 19 March 2024 |
The New Britain subduction zone is one of the most recently formed and most active subduction zones on earth, producing great earthquakes (magnitude 8... 16 KB (1,323 words) - 00:50, 23 March 2024 |
North China Craton (section Other Models (Zhai's 7 Blocks Model, Faure and Trap 3 Blocks Model, Santosh Double Subduction Model)) scientists. Subduction Model This model explained subduction as the main cause of the craton destruction. It is a very popular model. Subduction of oceanic... 109 KB (8,690 words) - 17:58, 5 January 2024 |